Alas it is gone :( My PS3 has died.

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Was wondering if any of you guys could spread a little further info. I just turned my PS3 on and after starting as usual with the "wave" before the wallpaper loads up it, well, hasn't loaded up.

I am sitting here looking at the wavy screen.

It is a PAL launch model 60GB version.

I am feeling a little sad right now :(
 
Yeah I have tried soft reset, hard reset, unplugged entirely. It appears to be gone. I shall mourn it. :(

EDIT: I managed to get the restore menu up, going for a system restore now.

EDIT 2: System restore worked :)

Unfortunately all my saves are now gone as well as all my downloads.

But it could be worse eh.


I now ask people to learn from me.

I have lost all my ps1 saves including Final Fantasy VII, VIII and IX.

All my Gran Turismo saves from GT1 to GT5 Prologue including the various concepts and GT4 Prologue, all my PS3 game saves are gone.

I may cry yet!

Everyone please, back up your game saves.

I wish I had.

I am just glad it worked, I thought the score was now 4 360's to 1 PS3 but no!
 
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Thats good to hear..

Hey look at it with a bright head.. Now you can re play all of your great game collection ;)
 
Anyway to rename the thread so its not quite as sad!

Maybe call it a warning to all! Back up back up back up!

If anyone has it in there kind heart to perhaps provide some save files I would be extremely grateful, as NoxNoctis Umbra said I can play through them all again, but I don't have as much time on my hands as in the past!

Edit: My God I have a lot to download....
 
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If you wanna DL some stuff like save files, look over the internet, well as for the GT Series, I feel your pain...
 
I can help you with some save games possibly. If you list the games you own/lost saves for i'm sure some people can help. There also is the topic in this subforum that has some saves in it too.

I'm still waiting for my ps3 back. Apparantly took 7 days to get to sony when normally sending a parcel to a similar location would take 2-3 days. On top of that sony had said 10 days all up. When i called them back they said 14 working days from when they received the ps3. Up to day 10 now of 14. At least I have a borrowed ps3 to tie my holidays over but that still doesnt let me play motorstorm2 (locked save) which is what I wanted to play when the ps3 just died.
 
Hey thanks all.

My only real sad point is my GT3 and GT4 saves. My setups, my cars all gone :(

Everything else I can live with.
 
This is why I always back up saves to USB fairly often.
 
And something I will be doing from now on, the worst thing is I even have a 120GB hard drive attatched to my PS3 d'oh!

My games are

GT3
GT4
GT5P( I reckon I can get game saves for these off here?)
Ferrari Challenge
F1CE
GRID
Burnout( Is that game save linked to my profile)
Motorstrom PR(same?)
The Orange Box
LBP
Ratchet and Clank(Wilkl lay through this again)
Prince of Persia
Devil May Cry
MGS4
Resistance 2
Rock Band\(:( so much to play through again)
GHWT
Fall Out 3
CoD WaW
FFVII
FFVIII
FFIX
Dragon Quest VIII
All the TT superbike games
Tourist Trophy all bikes!

Damn it I have a lot to do LOL

Have cheered up a bit now Street Fighter IV is here but I will admit to nearly crying when I think about my GT3 and GT4 save fioles :(
 
My PS3 did the samething a few months ago. I didn't have a back up for my saves either. I didn't have as much to lose as you did though.
 
gt5p, f1ce, ferrari challenge(got off another user), burnout (no it is not linked to your profile), lbp, ratchet and clank, prince of persia (soon), mgs4. I have all those either 100% complete or close to it. Motorstorm sadly you will have to restart. gamesave is locked (i just lost mine too recently)
 
i need to look into this, the only save i have right now i would care about losing is my gt5p saves and my MGS4 saves. But having to re-download all those system updates would be a pain!. Glad your system is back.
 
You can grab a GT4 save in this forum that is 78% done... that is if you own a NA PS3. The thread with the save is here.
 
And something I will be doing from now on, the worst thing is I even have a 120GB hard drive attatched to my PS3 d'oh!

My games are

GT3
GT4
GT5P( I reckon I can get game saves for these off here?)
Ferrari Challenge
F1CE
GRID
Burnout( Is that game save linked to my profile)
Motorstrom PR(same?)
The Orange Box
LBP
Ratchet and Clank(Wilkl lay through this again)
Prince of Persia
Devil May Cry
MGS4
Resistance 2
Rock Band\(:( so much to play through again)
GHWT
Fall Out 3
CoD WaW
FFVII
FFVIII
FFIX
Dragon Quest VIII
All the TT superbike games
Tourist Trophy all bikes!

Damn it I have a lot to do LOL

Have cheered up a bit now Street Fighter IV is here but I will admit to nearly crying when I think about my GT3 and GT4 save fioles :(

i'll get these ones off my hdd for you 👍

GT3
GT4
GT5P
Ferrari Challenge
GRID
Tourist Trophy
 
Thought I tol' ya ter stop feedin it them batteries.
 
Hey I just want to say thanks very much, you lot have been great, I will get those downloaded tonight once my ps3 has redownloaded GT5P.

Been cheering myself up with Street Fighter IV ordered it with play.com so it arrived today.

EDIT: Downloaded and all, again I express my greatest thanks.
 
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Thanks man, am a bit annoyed about my GT3 and 4 saves and my Final Fantasy saves but these things happen, I have learnt my lesson anyway thats for sure.

I have to get LBP back on the go as well as Resistance 2 and have to unlock Nazi Zombies once more!
 
AAAHHHHHH,My PS3 has just freaked out....:ouch:

It is a PAL launch model 60GB version. And it just keeps shutting it self down immediately after start up, leaving the power light flashing RED.....it's only been a couple of hours since it's seizure and I'm already have withdrawal symptoms :crazy:

What do you do...???
 
That happened to me with my first PS3, I ended up having to send it back to Sony. They couldn't fix it and just ended up sending me a replacement, so I lost all my saved games as well. Sucks, but at least I've got a working console again.
 
AAAHHHHHH,My PS3 has just freaked out....:ouch:

It is a PAL launch model 60GB version. And it just keeps shutting it self down immediately after start up, leaving the power light flashing RED.....it's only been a couple of hours since it's seizure and I'm already have withdrawal symptoms :crazy:

What do you do...???

That's not good PAPA, that's exactly what my launch PS3 did a few months ago, Comes on and the green light turns yellow and then to flashing red, I had to send it back to sony and I got a refurb. The thing is this seems to be a common problem and yet Sony will charge you to fix it, they did fix mine for free, but they have started to charge in the UK now aswell.
 
Yeah I have tried soft reset, hard reset, unplugged entirely. It appears to be gone. I shall mourn it. :(

EDIT: I managed to get the restore menu up, going for a system restore now.

EDIT 2: System restore worked :)

Unfortunately all my saves are now gone as well as all my downloads.

But it could be worse eh.


I now ask people to learn from me.

I have lost all my ps1 saves including Final Fantasy VII, VIII and IX.

All my Gran Turismo saves from GT1 to GT5 Prologue including the various concepts and GT4 Prologue, all my PS3 game saves are gone.

I may cry yet!

Everyone please, back up your game saves.

I wish I had.

I am just glad it worked, I thought the score was now 4 360's to 1 PS3 but no!

If it happens again I would try swapping out the hard drive if you have any laptop ones around (make sure they are SATA). I just had to do this, and at first restoring worked for me. It didn't the second time.
 
That happened to me with my first PS3, I ended up having to send it back to Sony. They couldn't fix it and just ended up sending me a replacement, so I lost all my saved games as well. Sucks, but at least I've got a working console again.
Well thats what I've had to do, As Overkill has pointed out you do have to return it to Sony and in my case , Sydney!!! I'm in Brisbane so I'm expecting at least A week or so freight ether way including, The two weeks max that Sony promises it will be in there shop that makes it "A LONG TIME" as far as I can see....

That's not good PAPA, that's exactly what my launch PS3 did a few months ago, Comes on and the green light turns yellow and then to flashing red, I had to send it back to Sony and I got a refurb. The thing is this seems to be a common problem and yet Sony will charge you to fix it, they did fix mine for free, but they have started to charge in the UK now Oswell.
This sounds exactly what my PS3 has done, although Sony in Sydney has informed my Model being an original launch PAL 60gb with all memory card slots in front and back catalogue compatible, that it is repair only none replaceable "FREE OF CHARGE",And at the end of the day with the extended warranty I purchased when I bought it, thats what I would expect...
If it happens again I would try swapping out the hard drive if you have any laptop ones around (make sure they are SATA). I just had to do this, and at first restoring worked for me. It didn't the second time.
Cheers mate I will keep your advise in mind :sly:, although as you would hope ....I thought I wouldn't have to resort to these sort of changes until it was well out of Warranty.

And now on the Warranty point, you wouldn't believe it "but"!!!! My extended Warranty runs out tomorrow, exactly 2yrs to the date from when it was purchased. is that great timing or just plan friggin werid....???

It's now been more than 24hrs now and I'm freakin out already......:crazy::lol:
 
It's good news you have got extended Warranty, that's why it's being fixed for free. ( not really free as you bought the warranty ) In my case, mine was also a 60gb launch, but they did a doorstep swap with a refurb 60gb launch. I think now they are repairing them as there isn't any excess stock. I was still without a PS3 for a little more than a week so I know how hard it is. :ouch: Hope it doesn't take too long for them to fix it and send it back.
 
I must thank, zed300 for his assistance yesterday helping me retrieve the warranty document that i needed to send my PS3 away for repair.

and for your moral support over the weekend as my
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World came crashing down around me.:ouch:

Thanks mate....:)
 
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